Meat Dishes

Traditional Kolozsvár Cabbage

90 min
Easy
6 portions
(4.8 / 5 from 4 votes)
Today I felt like making something honest that fills the whole kitchen with aroma and satisfies everyone at the table. So I embarked on preparing traditional Kolozsvár cabbage - a dish that even my grandma used to make. It's a perfect combination of sauerkraut, rice, ground meat, and sour cream. It's not a quick meal, but the result is worth it - each layer has its own taste and together they create an excellent harmony that you simply must enjoy with a spoon.
Preparation 90 min
Difficulty Easy
Portions 6
Views 2558x
Author
Peter Lauf

180 recipes


Ingredients

Instructions

1
Rice

Cook the rice in salted water until half-cooked and let it cool.

2
Ground Meat

In oil, sauté finely chopped onion, add meat, garlic, marjoram, paprika, salt, and pepper. Sauté until the meat breaks apart and starts to brown. Add a little water and simmer for about 15 minutes.

3
Cabbage

Rinse the sauerkraut (adjust to taste if very sour) and simmer it with a spoon of lard until softened.

4
Layering

In a greased baking dish, layer: cabbage layer ground meat layer rice layer then again cabbage - meat - rice, until reaching the edges

5

Mix sour cream with an egg and a spoon of salt. Pour this mixture over the top of the cabbage.

6
Baking

Bake in the oven at 180 °C for about 45-60 minutes, until the surface turns golden brown.

7
Serving

Serve hot, ideally with a slice of fresh bread. It tastes even better the next day!

Step 7

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